Community News

  • Big-hearted gesture

    Big-hearted gesture

    Homeless people and those doing it tough are being offered a warming soup and roll and a warm dry place…

  • Campaign launched to help get dog for Ester

    Campaign launched to help get dog for Ester

    Ester is a four-year-old girl with a big heart and a fighting spirit who suffers multiple daily epileptic seizures. The…

  • Design nominated

    Design nominated

    A warehouse-style house in Kyneton is turning heads in the Building Designers Association of Victoria Building Design Awards. The contemporary…

  • Community lunch to raise awareness for Refugee Week

    Community lunch to raise awareness for Refugee Week

    Kyneton’s popular community lunch will be raising funds and awareness for Refugee Week tomorrow at Kyneton Mechanics Institute 12.30pm. “We…

  • Twilight market to help Doof

    Twilight market to help Doof

    Doof is a dog with an unimaginably awful start to life. Believed to be half bull terrier, half great dane,…

  • Veterans are appreciated

    Veterans are appreciated

    Appreciation and recognition of Defence Force veterans and their contributions to our country took place at the Gilbert Gordon Reserve…

  • Lancefield plan endorsed – Councillors divided on ‘community opinion’

    Lancefield plan endorsed – Councillors divided on ‘community opinion’

    Passionate pleas for council to dump a restrictive development plan for Lancefield have ended in disappointment for some landowners. Macedon…

  • Scouting ideas for park

    Scouting ideas for park

    Elijah Heriot is scouting for ideas to improve Quahlee Park in Woodend’s north. He may be just eight years old…

  • MAINfm kicking goals for community

    MAINfm kicking goals for community

    The second annual MAIN Kick-Off is hitting Castlemaine’s Camp Reserve this Saturday for a community fundraiser of a different kind!…

  • Time to take tea at Plaistow

    Time to take tea at Plaistow

    Renowned for its luscious cakes and home-baked scones, the annual Biggest Morning Tea at Plaistow Homestead has gained a hungry…

  • Walk together with courage

    Walk together with courage

    A host of events are planned for National Reconciliation Week in Mount Alexander Shire – starting this Sunday with a…

  • Biggest morning stroll

    Biggest morning stroll

    Pull on your walking shoes and take a stroll around Castlemaine’s beautiful botanical gardens for a very good cause this…